Powered By PolicyArchive

PolicyArchive Home | About | All Collections

PolicyArchive is a comprehensive digital library of public policy research containing over 30,000 documents. Join today and upload your own research and customize your user experience.

Portrait of Informal Caregivers in America, 2001

View Publication

Publication Date: May 2002

Publisher: FACCT - The Foundation for Accountability; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Author(s): Christina Bethell; David Lansky

Research Area: FACCT

Keywords: Caregivers; chronic disease; surveys; patient centered care

Type: Report

Abstract:

This chart book explores the experiences of 1,005 caregivers of the chronically ill surveyed online in May 2001. This survey was conducted to learn more about what caregivers are feeling about providing care and what they need from the health care and social services systems.